High Vantage Point

We go on frequent walks with Kaiyah, our Siberian Husky. She doesn’t listen to us very well, so has usually been confined to a leash.
Most recently, though, we’ve become a little more adventurous and have started walking her without the leash. We only do that when we take to the hills [...]

Here’s a note from the National Ambassador for this year’s March of Dimes - March for Babies.
When Katelyn was born at just 25 weeks, she measured the length of a ballpoint pen and weighed less than a pound.
My husband, Michael, and I call her our million-dollar miracle, because that’s what her hospital bill [...]

Every day, there are children born with a variety of health challenges that are the result of premature birth. March of Dimes has helped the health community in their research to reduce the frequency of premature births that cause many of the health challenges.

On April 25, 2009, I will join the thousands of people [...]

Here’s a followup to my previous post about Joe Parsons winning the Gold Medal at the Winter X Games in the Speed and Style event.
Last night, Joe Parsons concluded the Winter X Games by winning yet another Gold Medal - this time in the Freestyle even.
As a neighbor that he doesn’t even know, I must [...]

While channel surfing on the television this evening, I paused on ESPN long enough to see that they were starting the semi-finals of the Winter X Games snocross event called Style and Speed.
This event is a race between two snowmobilers who have to run through a course that combines racing with freestyle. For those [...]

I realized that I had never put up a photo of our new home. We’ve been here a year, now.
Here’s a couple shots at dusk last winter. Since then, we’ve added an underground irrigation system and have planted 25,000 sq ft of lawn.

The other day, it got down to 3 degrees F, here. At the same time, the wind was gusting at our house up to about 30 mph. I was outside in that for a little while, then hurried back in the house.
We worried about our dog, who lives outside in a kennel next [...]

It’s been almost forever since I’ve posted. I haven’t found 2 seconds to sit down a my computer in ages.
There’s been so much happening, I’ll have to summarize.
Top story: We’ve finally moved into our new house. It snowed and rained the whole time we were moving our things in. But [...]

I stopped by our property today with my camera to photograph the progress. Here’s what I found.
The foundation is being poured. The base layer of the foundation is done. They are in the process of building the forms for the foundation walls, now. I’m told that the foundation should be completed [...]

Last Sunday, I went out to the carport and heard a squeaking sound. I went over to the area where my folks feed their cats, only to find a very small, recently birthed kitten lying on the ground by itself.
We watched the area for awhile to see if the mother cat would come around, [...]